Canada is facing an “alarming” shortage of information and communications technology workers due to a gap between the skills employers are looking for and the capabilities of job seekers, says a study released Tuesday.

Robin Dwarka doesn’t let his credit card out of his sight when making a purchase at a store or paying a restaurant bill. Nor does the 40-year-old self-employed Toronto video editor share his PIN number.

News Corp chief executive and media baron James Murdoch says Indians, with all their brains, are making major global contributions in a variety of areas but creativity remains a sleeping tiger without that focused unleashing of energy.

Living in one of the world’s most diverse nations, where everything you could ever want from every part of the world resides in one city, thousands and thousands of miles away from its native land… ever wonder why we still travel the distance to do all our wedding shopping?

You’ll find more and more women at the top of the most successful organizations here in Canada and around the world. While this may come as a surprise to some, it is certainly an indication of a much larger trend of women striving for the bigger roles and responsibilities at their companies, and achieving this status within what only a decade ago would be considered a man’s world.